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A. H. NORTH. Carving Fork.

(No Model.)

Paened Oct. 19

.PETERS, PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASNINGYON, D C,

vUNITE STATES Arana einen@ OONNEOTIC UT, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES D. FRARY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARVING-FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,539, dated October 19, 1880.

Application filed August 23, 1880.

Io all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. NORTH, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Carving-Forks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, which ro said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a back view; Fig. 2, a sectional side view.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of carving-forks in which the guard is extended to the opposite side of the shank of the fork to form a rest to support the fork on the table.

A serious difficulty attending movable guards 2o has arisen from the fact that it has been in1- possible to exclude water from thejoint.

The object of this invention is to make a close hinge-joint; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the shank of the fork, which may be of any of the usual shapes. B, the guard, is divided so that one part, O, extends one side of the shank, and the other part, D,

3o upon the opposite side. E is a cylindrical cross-piece which passes through the shank, fitting closely therein, but so as to turn and form the pintle of the hinge. rIhe parts C D extend through the cross-piece E, terminating 3 5 upon the opposite or under side in legs F F.

In rear of the cross-piece a follower, a, is arranged longitudinally in the shank, with a spring, b, in rear of it, the tendency of which is to press the follower a forward toward the 4o cross-piece E. The said cross-piece is constructed with a cavity, d, into which the follower will be forced and held when the guard is down, as in Fig. 2, thus serving to hold the guard in that closed or down position, and yet so that the guard may be raised and turn the cross-piece E, forcing the follower back until (No model).

the guard is turned to its up position, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 2; then the follower a is again forced forward into a second cavity, e,

in the cross-piece E, in like manner holding 5o the guard and rest in their up position.

The cross-piece E fits closely into its seat in the shank, so that no water can enter therein 5 hence the joint is preserved, and the spring and follower not interfered with by the water or foreign substance, which usually destroys the spring in common constructions.

The best method for arranging the follower is to drill the shank from the rear, introduce the follower and spring, then screw the han- 6o dle L into the shank behind the spring, the handle being provided with a screw-threaded stem, Z, for that purpose. In this ease it will be understood that the usual tang of the fork is omitted, the handle butting against the end of the shank.

I am aware that it is not new to pivot a combined rest and guard of a carvingfork within the shank of the fork, and so that the guard and rest will be set at either the closed or open 7o position, and therefore do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming such a construction.

I claiml. In a carving fork, the cross piece E 75 through the shank, and forming a pivot in the shank, the guard and rest attached to said pivot each side the shank, combined with a follower and spring longitudinally within the shank to bear aga-inst the said cross-piece, 8o substantially as described.

2. In a carving-fork, the shank provided with a crosspiece, E, arran ged through it, the guard and rest attached thereto, the follower and spring arranged in rear of the said cross-piece, combined with a handle provided with the screw-threaded stem l, to secure the fork to the handle and form a seat for the spring, substantially as described.

Witnesses: ALBERT Il. NORTH.

ITHAMAR MEEKER, L. H. HUBsELL. 

